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warner: with r.p.g.s there were attacks on the red cross facility in benghazi. as siobhan said there was a june 5 attack on this very consulate that was later sieged. so that's why there were these questions right at the outset right after any after math of the attacks in benghazi. what was the security profile and didn't all of these other episodes... weren't those cause for concern, significant concern in escalating the security profile there? >> what has your reporting told you about that? i mean, did u.s. officials, american officials think that that created a more dangerous environment for ambassador stevens to be walk into and if so what did they do about it? >> i think they thought it created a more dangerous environment but they were dealing with it adequately. after the attack on the british ambassador's convoy britain pulld out of benghazi and the u.s. made its decision to stay there. the officials we spoke with said it was for unspecified national security reasons. they were doing a lot of different operations in that area, i think that... >> warner:
warner: with r.p.g.s there were attacks on the red cross facility in benghazi. as siobhan said there was a june 5 attack on this very consulate that was later sieged. so that's why there were these questions right at the outset right after any after math of the attacks in benghazi. what was the security profile and didn't all of these other episodes... weren't those cause for concern, significant concern in escalating the security profile there? >> what has your reporting told you about...
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it will be interesting to see if benghazi comes up because how obama deals with that is complex. the answer is is, you know, he's going to have a difficult time providing an adequate answer there without getting into more trouble. so there are some specific things that come out of this debate that really makes some news. >> ifill: i'm writing those three things down, michael. i'll be watching for each of them later on tonight. >> governor romney may not be comfortable on social issues but he has been flexible. >> ifill: you had to get that in. we know what you'll be watching for tonight. michael will join the newshour's live stream later tonight for more analysis. and politics editor christina bellantoni will get feedback from undecided debate watchers at a google-plus hangout at 7:30 pm eastern time. you can follow every moment of tonight's debate on our live stream and live blog on our home page. >> woodruff: later in the program, we look at the politics of the obama administration's foreign policy. also ahead, the uptick in infections from tainted drugs; free trade and the ame
it will be interesting to see if benghazi comes up because how obama deals with that is complex. the answer is is, you know, he's going to have a difficult time providing an adequate answer there without getting into more trouble. so there are some specific things that come out of this debate that really makes some news. >> ifill: i'm writing those three things down, michael. i'll be watching for each of them later on tonight. >> governor romney may not be comfortable on social...
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consulate in benghazi, libya that left four americans dead, including ambassador chris stevens. the episode has itself become politically charged with election day less than a month off. republican committee chair darrell issa opened with this salvo. >> today it is 30 days since the september 11th attack, more or less. it is a long time to wait if you're sitting in cairo, in algeria, in beirut, damascus, and you don't trust that the security measures you need have occurred. today, we begin the process of saying they must be able to trust because you must be able to assure them that you're doing your work differently than just a short time ago. >> reporter: last week, issa and utah congressman jason chaffetz wrote to secretary of state hillary clinton, alleging the department had denied requests for beefed-up security at benghazi. chaffetz expanded on the charge today. >> i believe, personally, with more assets, more resources, just meeting the minimum standards we could of and should of saved the life of ambassador stevens and the other people that were there. any reasonable per
consulate in benghazi, libya that left four americans dead, including ambassador chris stevens. the episode has itself become politically charged with election day less than a month off. republican committee chair darrell issa opened with this salvo. >> today it is 30 days since the september 11th attack, more or less. it is a long time to wait if you're sitting in cairo, in algeria, in beirut, damascus, and you don't trust that the security measures you need have occurred. today, we...
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i i agree with david, a debate of again gaz-- benghazi does neither any good at this point. i think it particularly complicates governor romney's life. because in order-- hillary clinton who is the most popular public office holder in the country, okay, beyond anybody, even more popular than her husband, i mean together they are off the charts. but 70%, and she's exceedingly popular with women. >> celestial couple. >> exactly. she took up, she stood up and took up responsibility for this week. now for romney to go after obama on benghazi, he's got to go through hillary clinton that is tricky. and i would say this about the president. leaders don't understand. voters really admire and appreciate when someone steps up and says it's my responsibility it happened on my watch. >> it doesn't seem to have stopped them. even today we saw paul ryan talking more about benghazi. >> i don't think the president, i think the-- the thing they do is stand in defense of susan rice, not give the appearance that she was operating on the information she had. our information was wrong. this is i
i i agree with david, a debate of again gaz-- benghazi does neither any good at this point. i think it particularly complicates governor romney's life. because in order-- hillary clinton who is the most popular public office holder in the country, okay, beyond anybody, even more popular than her husband, i mean together they are off the charts. but 70%, and she's exceedingly popular with women. >> celestial couple. >> exactly. she took up, she stood up and took up responsibility for...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. the associated press reported a state department document listed 230 security incidents in libya in the 12 months ending last july. then, last month, u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed when gunmen attacked the consulate. f.b.i. teams have had only limited access to the site, but attorney general eric holder today praised the libyan government's response. it's a challenging environment in which to operate but i think we have done pretty well given the circumstances in which we find ourselves and we found ourselves able to move about and do the things that we have wanted to do because of the assistance we've gotten from the libyan government as well as from some of our other allies >> sreenivasan: a u.s. house committee holds a hearing tomorrow on the consulate attack. in pakistan, a taliban gunman shot and wounded a 14-year-old activist known for promoting girls' education. malala yousufzai was hit in the head and neck during the attack in the swat vall
consulate in benghazi, libya. the associated press reported a state department document listed 230 security incidents in libya in the 12 months ending last july. then, last month, u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed when gunmen attacked the consulate. f.b.i. teams have had only limited access to the site, but attorney general eric holder today praised the libyan government's response. it's a challenging environment in which to operate but i think we have done...
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in the meantime, the benghazi attack continues to generate friction. just as in last week's debate, what the administration knew and when is sure to be a topic again tonight. joining me now to discuss this are two foreign affairs columnists, david ignatius of the "washington post" and trudy rubin of the philadelphia inquirer. trudy, let me start with you. are you surprised first that foreign policy seems to be getting more attention now even before tonight's debate? >> well, i think the republicans and mitt romney have done a good job politically of revving up interest in this benghazi affair and making it look like a mini-scandal. unfortunately the whole way it has been handled blows it up entirely out of proportion. i do think politicizes it and avoids dealing with what might be real issues underlying benghazi. this was a mid-level bureaucratic issue in the state department, providing embassy security. it's not something that rises to the level of the white house. and the question of who knew what when is rather weird given that all our personnel wer
in the meantime, the benghazi attack continues to generate friction. just as in last week's debate, what the administration knew and when is sure to be a topic again tonight. joining me now to discuss this are two foreign affairs columnists, david ignatius of the "washington post" and trudy rubin of the philadelphia inquirer. trudy, let me start with you. are you surprised first that foreign policy seems to be getting more attention now even before tonight's debate? >> well, i...
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consulate in benghazi, where ambassador chris stevens and three colleagues died tuesday. >> ( translated ): i want to offer my thanks to ambassador stevens. i want to thank him and to thank the american people who gave birth to such special diplomats. >> brown: the bodies of the four slain americans were repatriated today outside washington at joint base andrews. >> let light perpetual shine on chris, sean, glen and tyrone. >> brown: ambassador stevens and state department officer sean smith were brought home with two former navy seals who'd been detailed to protect stevens, tyrone woods and glen doherty. president obama paid tribute to them, joined by secretary of state clinton. >> they didn't simply embrace the american ideal, they lived it, they embodied it. the courage, the hope and, yes, the idealism-- that fundamental american belief that we can leave this world a little better than before. that's who they were and that's who we are. if we want to truly honor their memory, that's who we must always be. >> brown: the president again pledged that the killers would be brought to justi
consulate in benghazi, where ambassador chris stevens and three colleagues died tuesday. >> ( translated ): i want to offer my thanks to ambassador stevens. i want to thank him and to thank the american people who gave birth to such special diplomats. >> brown: the bodies of the four slain americans were repatriated today outside washington at joint base andrews. >> let light perpetual shine on chris, sean, glen and tyrone. >> brown: ambassador stevens and state...
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the benghazi thing that hurt biden a little, the libya thing. i think a lot of things actually in retrospect as i think about the debate were not explored. as much as they should have been, the jobs and medicare. i think actually the republicans dodged a bullet because with ryan sitting right there, biden could have spent a lot of time on medicare, attacking the ryan plan which is an unpopular plan. and i think the republicans since it was so truncated they dodged that one. >> i just think joe biden was taken on one against two. i mean so the case, for example, he pointed out which the president didn't even mention last week, that paul ryan had been a sponsor of president bush's bill, to privatize partially social security. and you know, i thought maybe they aren't new issues but to most voters they are new issues. and i thought he raised them very effectively. what joe biden can do is joe biden can talk and put a human face on issues. it doesn't sound like a washington think tank or a policy conference of white papers. joe biden talks like he j
the benghazi thing that hurt biden a little, the libya thing. i think a lot of things actually in retrospect as i think about the debate were not explored. as much as they should have been, the jobs and medicare. i think actually the republicans dodged a bullet because with ryan sitting right there, biden could have spent a lot of time on medicare, attacking the ryan plan which is an unpopular plan. and i think the republicans since it was so truncated they dodged that one. >> i just...
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or saving benghazi, i think it is helpful. that's the sort of debate that is going on. i told you something about american foreign policy. we can't walk away from this don't make drastic decisions and pull back because of this crisis. there's a battle going on within arab countries, muslim countries, it's going to be their own battle and we have to understand we don't want to support the ones who are the extremists who will have the advantage if we do. >> brown: very interesting developments, shibley telhami and lawrence pintak, thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: hazing on college campuses; a syrian town caught in the crossfire; the presidential contest as romney releases tax forms; plus, shields and brooks. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: all 33,000 u.s. troop sent to afghanistan as part of a military surge now have left the country. the official announcement came today from defense secretary leon panetta. president obama ordered the extra forces
or saving benghazi, i think it is helpful. that's the sort of debate that is going on. i told you something about american foreign policy. we can't walk away from this don't make drastic decisions and pull back because of this crisis. there's a battle going on within arab countries, muslim countries, it's going to be their own battle and we have to understand we don't want to support the ones who are the extremists who will have the advantage if we do. >> brown: very interesting...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. petraeus answered questions behind closed doors one week after he admitted having an affair and resigned. republican congressman peter king of new york said the general's account differed from what he said right after the attack, when the administration was blaming a muslim protest. >> the testimony today was that from the start he told us it was a terrorist attack, a terrorist-involved from the start. i told him my questions have a very different recollection. the impression we were giving was the overwhelming amount of evidence was that it was arose out of a span takenuous demonstration and was not a terrorist attack. >> holman: petraeus said today the cia blamed terrorists in its initial talking points, but that reference later was dropped to avoid tipping off suspects. u.n. ambassador susan rice used the edited version in remarks five days after the attack. some republicans have accused her of downplaying the terror link to avoid hurting the president's re-election bid. but senate
consulate in benghazi, libya. petraeus answered questions behind closed doors one week after he admitted having an affair and resigned. republican congressman peter king of new york said the general's account differed from what he said right after the attack, when the administration was blaming a muslim protest. >> the testimony today was that from the start he told us it was a terrorist attack, a terrorist-involved from the start. i told him my questions have a very different...
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in these shots as she road with the rebels just days after they helped liberate the eastern city of benghazi from government control. the revolution spread. and hilsum followed, reporting from the front lines as the rebels advanced. >> this is the last rebel check point before no-man's land. >> suarez: an retreated. >> hundreds of families and fighters are fleeing heading down the road towards benghazi and we're going too. >> suarez: often at great personal risk. >> the people say that firing was snipers. they're still fighting in the buildingment they don't know exactly where. >> suarez: hilsum covered the entire war from benghazi in the east to the mountains it in the west. after the fall of tripoli, she penned her reflections on both the revolution and libya's uniquely influentialal role in world events from the end of colonialism to the war on terror. hilsum was in washington recently on book tour. and we sat down to talk about her book and her reporting. lindsey hilsum, welcome to the broadcast. it's nice to have you in our studio facilities instead of in some really bad place in the wo
in these shots as she road with the rebels just days after they helped liberate the eastern city of benghazi from government control. the revolution spread. and hilsum followed, reporting from the front lines as the rebels advanced. >> this is the last rebel check point before no-man's land. >> suarez: an retreated. >> hundreds of families and fighters are fleeing heading down the road towards benghazi and we're going too. >> suarez: often at great personal risk....
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have extended excerpts of the president's wide-ranging exchange with reporters, from immigration to benghazi to reaching out to mitt romney. >> woodruff: we zero in on two topics, starting with the spiraling scandal that forced the c.i.a. director to step down. >> ifill: and we assess the administration's post-election agenda with senators dick durbin and kay bailey hutchison. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez gets the latest on the escalating violence in gaza after israeli air strikes killed the military leader of hamas. >> ifill: plus, there were new calls today for laws to police pharmacies like the one linked to the meningitis outbreak. betty ann bowser's update includes the story of one family's loss from the disease. >> i can't really think of one them them without the other. he was such a vibrant person that who lit up the room and there's such a great big hole missing. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the
have extended excerpts of the president's wide-ranging exchange with reporters, from immigration to benghazi to reaching out to mitt romney. >> woodruff: we zero in on two topics, starting with the spiraling scandal that forced the c.i.a. director to step down. >> ifill: and we assess the administration's post-election agenda with senators dick durbin and kay bailey hutchison. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez gets the latest on the escalating violence in gaza after israeli air...
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lamia abusidra is canvassing votes on the corniche in benghazi. her party, she says, wants to unite libyans. it's led by an islamist, but she's something of a liberal. >> people that thought that the homeland party is an islamist party were shocked by someone leaving the benghazi list who is unveiled. and that shock made them think more and made a dialogue, a strong dialogue open in the community. >> it's all a bit confusing. >> every day we think we like one candidate then the next day we see another. i can't make my decision until election day. >> none of which means anything to this man. he has no faith that an elected government will rein in the armed men who kidnapped him in tripoli last week and tortured his son to death. the family supported qaddafi but this wasn't revenge, he say, the murderers simply wanted to steal the family farm. >> for this reason they killed my son. for this reason try to kill me. for this reason they are going to kill me again. they will try, i know it. >> reporter: democracy won't curb the militia men who spearhead
lamia abusidra is canvassing votes on the corniche in benghazi. her party, she says, wants to unite libyans. it's led by an islamist, but she's something of a liberal. >> people that thought that the homeland party is an islamist party were shocked by someone leaving the benghazi list who is unveiled. and that shock made them think more and made a dialogue, a strong dialogue open in the community. >> it's all a bit confusing. >> every day we think we like one candidate then...
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consulate in benghazi libya and the death of ambassador chris stevens on the night of september 11. the administration initially blamed an anti-muslim film for inciting the trouble. more recently officials have said new information indicates it was a terrorist attack. today romney again criticized the president's response in libya. >> i want to be very clear. the blame for the murder of our people in libya and the attacks on our embassies in so many other countries lie solely with those who carry them out. no one else. but it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape his not to lead from behind. leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. >> woodruff: for its par, the obama campaign aired a new ad that accused romney of injecting politics into a national tragedy with his initial response to the consulate attack. >> when our u.s. diplomats were attacked in libya, the "new york times" said romney's knee-jerk response showed an extraordinary lack of presidential character. even republican experts say romney's remarks were the
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mission in benghazi that killed a u.s. ambassador earlier this month. >> i think pretty clearly it was a terrorist attack. >> brown: at the pentagon today, defense secretary leon panetta seemed to have little doubt about what happened at the u.s. consulate in libya more than two weeks ago. >> a group of terrorists obviously conducted that attack on the consulate and against our individuals. what terrorists were involved, i think, remains to be determined by an investigation, but it clearly was a group of terrorists who conducted that attack against the facility. >> brown: what seemed clear today, though, had seemed less so just days ago. the original explanation for what happened the evening of september 11 was that an america-made movie denigrating islam had incited a mob, which had then stormed the u.s. consulate in benghazi. that attack left four americans dead, including u.s. ambassador to libya, christopher stephens. but in the weeks since, even as protests spread across the muslim world over the anti- muslim film, a
mission in benghazi that killed a u.s. ambassador earlier this month. >> i think pretty clearly it was a terrorist attack. >> brown: at the pentagon today, defense secretary leon panetta seemed to have little doubt about what happened at the u.s. consulate in libya more than two weeks ago. >> a group of terrorists obviously conducted that attack on the consulate and against our individuals. what terrorists were involved, i think, remains to be determined by an investigation,...
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he died on september eleventh, when gunmen assaulted the american consulate in benghazi. three other americans also were killed in the attack. the assault came during protests against an anti-islamic film made in the u.s. the u.s. embassy in pakistan put out ads today, condemning that same film. the ads ran on pakistani television and featured clips of president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton condemning the film. still, hundreds of demonstrators tried to reach the embassy in islamabad, by pushing aside huge shipping containers that cordoned off the area. riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. a report on a bungled operation against gun-trafficking in arizona drew praise today from house republicans. they've been investigating "operation fast and furious" for months. at a hearing, the justice department's inspector general michael horowitz listed a string of mistakes by federal law enforcement officials trying to track illegal guns. hundreds of the weapons ended up with mexican drug gangs. >> what we heard from the agents was they had made a consci
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. >> the white house is open to criticism that they mischaracterized the nature of the benghazi attack initially, tried to downplay it, said it wasn't terrorism but a mob action. i don't think this is the kind of issue that moves voters at a time when unemployment is 8.1% when the foreclosures are still a huge problem. it's an opening but not a game-changing kind of opening. >> i agree but if you're the romney campaign you look for any opportunity to put the president on the defensive and raise questions about him as a leader. that's what i think they're tryinged to do. >> woodruff: all right. well, we are delighted to have both of you back with us this monday night. stu rothenberg, susan page, thank you. >> brown: now, from the state of the race to one of the key issues. hari sreenivasan looks at what's at stake for one of the largest parts of the american health system: medicaid. >> another deep breath. sreenivasan: when many americans think of costly government programs, they often think of medicare. but medicaid, the nation's health insurance for low-income americans, actually cove
. >> the white house is open to criticism that they mischaracterized the nature of the benghazi attack initially, tried to downplay it, said it wasn't terrorism but a mob action. i don't think this is the kind of issue that moves voters at a time when unemployment is 8.1% when the foreclosures are still a huge problem. it's an opening but not a game-changing kind of opening. >> i agree but if you're the romney campaign you look for any opportunity to put the president on the...
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because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi an act of terrorism. >> president obama: get the transcript. >> he did, in fact, sir. let me call that an act of terrorism. >> president obama: can you say that again. >> he did call it an act of terror. it did, as well, take two weeks or so for the whole idea of there being a riot out there about this tape to come out. you're correct about that. >> reporter: according to the white house transcript, mr. obama said the following on september 12th, "no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter our character or eclipse the light of the values we stand for." the two weeks later reference was to a statement by white house press secretary jay carne. on september 26, he said for the first time, "it is certainly the president's view that it was a terrorist attack." as contentious as the libya discussion was last night, the exchanges over energy policy proved equally sharp. the republican nominee pointed to the price of gasoline as evidence of presidential failure. >> the proof if the str
because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi an act of terrorism. >> president obama: get the transcript. >> he did, in fact, sir. let me call that an act of terrorism. >> president obama: can you say that again. >> he did call it an act of terror. it did, as well, take two weeks or so for the whole idea of there being a riot out there about this tape to come out. you're correct about that. >> reporter: according to the white house...
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involvement in the murders in benghazi, libya. where does that stand tonight? do we expect his acting c.i.a. chief to be the one to step up next week or later this week? >> you know, we're not really sure who is going to be testifying before closed doors at this point. but, you know, another question that feinstein and others brought up was why didn't the justice department and the f.b.i. let them know the beginning of your show you had that tape where they wanted to know why didn't we know about this? this is so important. the justice tept and the f.b.i. have said, you know, this is a criminal investigation. in the middle of an ongoing criminal investigation it is not appropriate to go to capitol hill or to the white house and talk about what's going on and what's being found and who the targets are. so they felt it was just an inappropriate thing to talk about that investigation while it was ongoing although i know a lot of people on the hill want to know why the f.b.i. didn't come to them. >> ifill: have they in fact closed that investigation? they had decid
involvement in the murders in benghazi, libya. where does that stand tonight? do we expect his acting c.i.a. chief to be the one to step up next week or later this week? >> you know, we're not really sure who is going to be testifying before closed doors at this point. but, you know, another question that feinstein and others brought up was why didn't the justice department and the f.b.i. let them know the beginning of your show you had that tape where they wanted to know why didn't we...
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for the cia to lose its chief under any circumstances given the continuing questions about events in benghazi? >> yeah. and that has already led to a lot of speculation on the timing of this depar ture by the director. i mean it's coming just a couple of days after the election. there are questions about whether, you know, whether the administration knew this was coming. white house officials insist that was not the case and that president obama was stunned when petraeus came to him and made clear his intent to resign. >> suarez: how is the cia changed under his leadership? >> well, you know, at 14 months he has been there less time than all but a few other directors. and so i would say a couple things. i mean he has presided over a significant expansion of the drone campaign in yemin, broadening the cia's drone program beyond pakistan. at the same time he has a reputation for being cautious. some have questioned whether he has been too reluctant to put agency op rattives in conflicts like syria, and he has also reportedly clashed with the head of the agency's counterterrorism center over pet
for the cia to lose its chief under any circumstances given the continuing questions about events in benghazi? >> yeah. and that has already led to a lot of speculation on the timing of this depar ture by the director. i mean it's coming just a couple of days after the election. there are questions about whether, you know, whether the administration knew this was coming. white house officials insist that was not the case and that president obama was stunned when petraeus came to him and...
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confirmed a team of agents visited benghazi yesterday, for the first time. until now, the group had stayed away, due to security concerns. a long-standing battle over google's book-scanning project was settled today. authors and publishers filed suit against the company back in 2005, saying it violated their copyrights. google launched the project a year earlier, making digital copies of books from major research libraries. in all, more than 20 million books have been scanned. now, publishers will get to choose which books are included. a lawsuit with authors is still ongoing. facebook now has one billion users. the number-one social media site announced today that it reached the milestone in september. it said the median age of users is 22 and the five top markets are brazil, india, indonesia, mexico and the united states. despite the rising customer base, facebook stock has lost 40% of its value since the company went public in may. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: fears that the syrian civil war may escalate into
confirmed a team of agents visited benghazi yesterday, for the first time. until now, the group had stayed away, due to security concerns. a long-standing battle over google's book-scanning project was settled today. authors and publishers filed suit against the company back in 2005, saying it violated their copyrights. google launched the project a year earlier, making digital copies of books from major research libraries. in all, more than 20 million books have been scanned. now, publishers...
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similar sort of revolution rose from the streets and now, you know, we've had terrorist attacks in benghazi >> i think that's right. i mean, you look at this situation. this is not clean diplomacy you find in a magazine. this is war. and the choice you're going to have to make here is is do you accelerate assad's decline by spoaring people you don't like? or do you step back and say we're uncomfortable with these folks? as paul said we've seen this problem play out in afghanistan. we don't want to support these guys. either decision is fraught with peril. and the decision of aiding the jihadis, i think, would take you down potentially to aiding people who oppose the united states. >> suarez: what is the use of cluster bombs tell you? it looks like assad is ready and has been ready to make war on his people in a way that bloodier and bloodier with each passing month >> i wouldn't place a lot of significance on this particular step in terms of these munitions. it's part of a longer process of the regime having escalated the level of violence, the level of brutality. we should note that cluste
similar sort of revolution rose from the streets and now, you know, we've had terrorist attacks in benghazi >> i think that's right. i mean, you look at this situation. this is not clean diplomacy you find in a magazine. this is war. and the choice you're going to have to make here is is do you accelerate assad's decline by spoaring people you don't like? or do you step back and say we're uncomfortable with these folks? as paul said we've seen this problem play out in afghanistan. we...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. there've been reports the cia told its security officers to "stand down" and not try to repel the attackers. senior intelligence officials denied that on thursday. they said a security team responded within 25 minutes, even though they were outmanned and outgunned. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: this was another difficult day in the aftermath of hurricane sandy. the u.s. death toll rose to at least 102, and for millions of people, basic needs became increasingly urgent. ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: four days after sandy hit, patience was in short supply. so were gasoline, electricity and clean water. again today, car after car after car waited long hours at gas stations in new york and new jersey. >> it's crazy because people are fighting, they jumping in front of each other, they want to get out of their car and fight you, so you going to have to stand in line to get gas or you won't get none. >> suarez: this afternoon, in hard-hit
consulate in benghazi, libya. there've been reports the cia told its security officers to "stand down" and not try to repel the attackers. senior intelligence officials denied that on thursday. they said a security team responded within 25 minutes, even though they were outmanned and outgunned. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: this was another difficult day in the aftermath of hurricane sandy. the u.s. death toll rose to at least 102,...
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in benghazi, people gathered in liberty square for friday prayers, which later turned into celebrations. waving the libyan flag, many cheered for a revolution in syria, where government forces continue to crack down on opposition protesters. harry mcpherson, who served as counsel and special counsel to president lyndon johnson, has died. mcpherson also served as president johnson's chief speechwriter from 1966 to 1969. in 1968, he worked on one of the major addresses of johnson's presidency, when he announced an end to the bombing of north vietnam. and as the president discussed with mcpherson, he had a late addition to the speech-- the stunning announcement that he would not seek another term in office. >> i've been working on it for almost three months. i said i think it's okay, mr. president. he said, "i have an ending that i've added." i said, "i've heard that." he said, "do you know what's in it?" i said, i think so." "what do you think about that?" i said, "i'm very sorry, mr. president. he said, thank you, partner. i'll see you." >> sreenivasan: mcpherson went on to spend the res
in benghazi, people gathered in liberty square for friday prayers, which later turned into celebrations. waving the libyan flag, many cheered for a revolution in syria, where government forces continue to crack down on opposition protesters. harry mcpherson, who served as counsel and special counsel to president lyndon johnson, has died. mcpherson also served as president johnson's chief speechwriter from 1966 to 1969. in 1968, he worked on one of the major addresses of johnson's presidency,...
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it took 14 days before the president called the act in benghazi an act of terror >> crowley: he did in fact, sir romney: can you say that a little louder, candy? >> crowley: he did call it an act of terror. it did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea of their being a riot out there about this tape to come out. you're correct about that >> romney: the administration. ( applause ) indicated that this was a reaction to a video and was a spontaneous reaction. >> crowley: it did romney: it took them a long time to say this was a terrorist act by a terrorist group. to suggest... am i incorrect in that regard? on sunday the... your secretary... excuse me. the ambassador to the united nations went on the sunday television shows and spoke about how this was a spontaneous >> crowley: mr. president... obama: i'm happy to have a longer conversation. sneapped i want to move you along >> obama: i just want to make sure that these folks will get their questions answers >> crowley: what i want to do, mr. president, stand there for a second is. i want to introduce you to nina gonzales who br
it took 14 days before the president called the act in benghazi an act of terror >> crowley: he did in fact, sir romney: can you say that a little louder, candy? >> crowley: he did call it an act of terror. it did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea of their being a riot out there about this tape to come out. you're correct about that >> romney: the administration. ( applause ) indicated that this was a reaction to a video and was a spontaneous reaction. >>...